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The campaign in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the campaign is run by Hivos, in collaboration with the General Union of Education (AOb), FNV Mondiaal, ICCO & Kerk in Actie, the National India Working Group (LIW) and Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland.

Read more about the campaign partners below:

		Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb) The Algemene Onderwijsbond (General Union of Education) is the largest trade union in the Dutch education sector. It looks after the interests of all personnel in the education sector (membership is open to teachers, administrative and ancillary staff), ranging from pre-primary education to higher vocational education. Workers at universities are not organised through AOb. Read more.

		FNV Mondiaal FNV Mondiaal is part of the FNV trade union confederation. FNV Mondiaal supports projects in over 100 countries located in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe through resources from the Ministry of Development Cooperation of FNV and its affiliates. Read more.

		Hivos A fair, free and sustainable world – that is what Hivos, the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation, wants to contribute to. Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos strives for a world in which all citizens – both men and women – have equal access to resources and opportunities for development. Read more.

		ICCO & Kerk in Actie ICCO envisages a world without poverty and injustice. Based on this vision, ICCO supports projects that contribute to one of our three main programmes. Policy emphasis may differ from country to country, depending on local political and economic conditions. Kerk in Actie supports the work of hunderds of churches and organisations to give people a better future. Read more here and here.

		Landelijke India Werkgroep (LIW) The India Committee of The Netherlands (ICN) is an independent non-governmental organization, based on solidarity with deprived groups in Indian society. Read more.

	. .	Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (Kinderpostzegels) is a children’s charity with the slogan: 'for children, by children'. The annual Children’s Welfare Stamps Campaign is a striking example of this, forming the organisation’s showpiece. In this campaign, children help other children. Kinderpostzegels uses the proceeds to support projects focusing primarily on children. Kinderpostzegels believes it is important to involve children as much as possible in the projects. Here too the principle is: for children, by children. Read more.